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Lim, but he has permission to ride out, and therefore did not join in the me? morial—but has authorized him to.saV; that tits report of the quality of the viauals is the same as that of the other prisoners. ' Belie.ves - the arrangement and ma nagement of the• State Prisoners is with Dr. Trevor. Dr. Edward Irevor, zarnind on oath. 'Says be was appointed in 798 medical attendant of the Gaol, and superin- tendant of the diet of the State Prisoners. He attends every day, Sometimes three or four times a day; after the 23d July, visited the rooms of the State Prisoners daily, and in some time after established an offic.e in the Gaol—did not then visit their rooms, feeling that it was an intrusion on the prisoners, He sees the provisions for the prison ers every day--almost every day. His first walk almost every day is the kitchen ;—the daily allowance for the State Prisoners is as. 3d. for the better sort, and is. lid. for the others, per men. The prisonqrs have complained some- Cmes that the meat is putrid ; but is persuaded that there are not more acci dents to their provisions in this Gaol, than may happen in the best regulated families. There is a regular kitchen and boiler in the Go of—at first the pri soners were confined in the small rooms; the Debtors', side being full ; but upon his application to Mr. Wickham, the debtors were removed to the Marshal sea, and the State Prisoners put into their rooms. There were complaints made to him of the dirtiness of the at tendance, and he gave immediate orders to have it prevented. The Judges then visited the kitchen, examined the.viCluals then preparing for dinner ; thy consisted of roast beef, roast lamb, boiled rump and roand of beef, potatoes, and sallad, all very good in their kinds, and apparently reasonably well cooped and dressed. (Ta be continued.) MAILS. i f aarvss?-1 Waterford. Dus—r Gottenburgh, I Dublin, Watertorcl. PRICE OF STOCKS TRIG DAY AT "TWiIi.VE O'CLQCK. Cop.* r ; pr. THE SUN. gOttLVI %WI; DIC/14L 241.V.7:4 AUDSAI L 0 ND 0 N, YHURS3)4Y, JULY 28, 18a8. We received last night Dutch Papers to the 24th inst. which contain intelligence from Paris to the 19th. The accounts of the transact ions in Spain, which are given in these papers, are only interest ing as they show the despicable shifts to which BUM:APART/3 is compelled to have recourse, in order to deceive the People of France and of his vassal States with respea to the real state of affairs in that country The intelligence (if we may use that ex pression) from Bayonne is of the 14th, and from Madrid of the Bth instant ; according to the letter an attack was to be made upon Saragossa 04 the sth instant, for which purpose the French Army it; that neighbourhoed had. been reinforced by a corps of 10,000 men, which had advanced by way of Pampeluna. This attack, which, according to the Madrid accounts, was to be made on the 4th instant, was, we have no doubt, made on the Ist :Ana ed instant ; and we know from the Saragossa tazette, that it completely failed, and that the French were repulsed with very considerable loss. Our reason for entertaining this opinion is, that it appears highly improbable that the French, after the repeated disasters which they had experienced in Arragon, toted have been in any condition to make an a ttempt upon Saragossa unless they had rece i ve d ver y considerable reinforcements, and it does not appear? even according to the French accounts, that any other French force had been recently sent into ,Aragon, except this corps of ten thousand men : but even admitting that the victories obtained_ by General PALAPDX were not ;:lo complete as we were led to believe they were, and that the French, notwithstanding their losses, ~vere still in considerable force, still it is very on likely that they would hazard an attack upon Sa raoossa on the 'ist and 2d, when they knew that in a day or two they would receive a reinforcement o f 0,000 men. We therefore - entertain very little doubt that the attack alluded to in the Madrid ac counts, which was to take place on the sth, did gtually take place on the Ist and 2tl, and that the French were repulsed with great los; JOS4gH - BUONAPARTE; it appears, still continues at Vittoria, end we precii6t that he will not venture to ad vance much further until the French force in Bis cay an d i n Old Castile is very 'considerably rein forced, because, if either General CURSTA or Ge, neral PONTE should succeed in the attacks which they intended to make, 1 - lis` - retrat would be ren dered eNiren - rely precarious. - WHAIEVER may be the event of Buot 4 AP4KTE' s n.tempt to bring the People of Spain Kitt) a 5101511 submission to his will (bat which we hope the vir tue and spirit of that People will enable them suc cessfully to resist), it is impossible to look on the condu& of the several States of Europe without won-. der as well as contempt. That they should all tame ly resign themselves to the controul of a low-born Usurper, who has not one virtue to recommend him 'to their esteem and admiration, but whose extraor dinary rise has been owing to a fortunate conjunc tion of events, fortunate for him, but the reverse for all mankind, and the wretched imbecility of his opponents, is astonishing as well-as deplorable...-. Posterity will hardly believe it possible that these States should, one after another, fill under the tyranny of such a man, and when a crisis, has arrived, which might enable them effeectually to throw off the yoke he has imposed upon them, calmly see him proceed in the infamous attempt to add Spain to the number of his vassal Kingdoms. To increase the wonder and the disgrace of this torpor, they see him too pull down the Head of that Church which most of those States consider as vested with divine infallibility, and annihilate all its temporal power and possessions ! ! Surely the noble example of Portugal and Spain will have a suitable influence upon the other States of Europe, and the iutrepid sincerity with which they have described the charac ter of the common Tyrant of mankind, and exposed his nefarious designs, must prompt them all to unite in resisting the career of his iniquitous ambition. The only plea of the tyrant in his pretensions upon Spain is, that the Kingdom and all its dependen cies was resigned to him by the Members of the Royal Family,. whom he ensnared into his power. Could Europe admit 'of such a plea, even if there had seen nothing compulsory in the mode of ob taining it ? COmmon sense and every human right revolt against such an absurd and impudent pre tension ! The Tyrant himself recognized a popular will, when he presumed to come forward with the intention of being exalted to the Itpperial dig nity ; and registers were opened to manifest some thing like a national choice, though it was a mere mockey, and none dared to signify their dis sent, but a single individual, who. has escaped by something like a miracle from the Tyrant's ven geance. But in Spain he treats all the wishes and feelings of the People with contempt, and upon the authority of a forced consent' from parties !who had no right to give such consent, under any circumstan ces, he is endeavouring to butcher the People into submission !.--But thanks to their own patriotism, and the prompt and generous assistance of this Country, we have reason to hope that the Ty rauea view. seen Lid aticaLea ; that, ho will know What it is to contend with a People who f e el their own rights, and are determined to maintain them. Nor will we yet despair of the virtue and spirit of the Continental States whO 'have so long smarted under his despotism, his rapacity, and hi insults, and wise must, if th e y h ave any thing like common sense remaining, see that if they n eg l e ct the present 4wftil crisis, th e y w ill h ave no hope during the life of this Tyrant, of regaining their in dependence, and re-assuming their proper rank in the scale of European Nations. At all events, Great Britain will do her part, and set a proud example to the present, and to all future ages, in maintaining her own dignity, and in dire ling all her energies to the assistance of those who are willing to assert their rights and to secure their independence. The leading Opposition Paper of this day, con tains a violent attack upon Government, for having published the account transmitted by Sir THOMAS respecting the repulse sustained by General CuesrA's Army, and asserts that the Spanish Deputies complain loudly of the Bulletin which was issued upon that occasion. It would, per haps, be too much to exped that the Paper in question should speak with candour upon the con dua o f Os° event Administration, but we should be glad to ajlt any impartial person in what respect Ministers are to blame upon this subject ? An Offi cer was sent over to accompany the Spanish Army, and, we presume to transmit intelligence of the events that occurred. A 'Letter is received from that Officer, containing an account of an a&ion, in which the Spanish Troops, after lighting most gal lantly, were compelled to retreat, and Government published the substance of that Letter. These are the simple fads of the case, and upon these grounds it is that Ministers are attacked. Sir THOMAS DYER'S Letter is dated from Benevento ; he states, that General CURSTA'S Army had retreated to that place. He was an eye-witness to the fads he related, and unless we are to suppose (which will hardly be con tended) that he wilfully gave an erroneous account of the affair, we see no possible reason for doubting his statement. But it is said that the Spanish De puties received accounts that General CUEST A hind afierWardS advanced, and had compelled the French to seek for safety in flight.. This may be true, and there is strong reason to believe that it is, because cunsiLlttrable reinforcements were on their March tel,join him ; but surely that tends rather to confirm than to contradict Sir THOMAS DYER'S ac count. .It is a little singular that when Govern ment publish favourable accounts respecting the Spaniards, they are accused of giving exaggerated statements to mislead the Public; and when they publish an account from a British Officer, they are censured for giving inaccurate information, and de pressing the public spirit. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor. At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by— The Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the three Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master.Ceneral of the Ordnance, the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, the Recorder of London, Lord; Heathfield and Wentworth, Sir S. Cotterel, and Gen. Sher brook. The following bad the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : Major-General Sherbrook, on his return from, and com mand in Sicily, and on his being appointed Colonel of the Sicilian Regiment. The ARCHBISHOP of Duzuzi took leave of His MAJESTY previous to his departure for Dublin. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave audience to the Cabinet Ministers. The RECORDER made his Report before His MA JESTY of the'canviets capitally convialed, at the last Sessions in the Old Bailey, when His MAJEsTy -was pleased to respite them all during his Royal pleasure, Transports, to the amount of 5000 tons, are to as semble in the Downs, and proceed to Cork without delay, where another embarkation of troops is to tale place. .Dispatches for Sir HARRY BURftARD were last night sent from Lord CASTLEREAGII'S Ofhee. The following are the positions of the French in Spain, as far as they can be ascertained from the va rious documents and rumours which have reached us. There were two strong divisions in and near Pampeluna ; BESSIERES' force, about 18,000 men, was on the frontiers of Biscay; it was this force which the Bishop of ST. ANIDZIIO was marching against with the Asturian levies. LASSOLES was at Valladolid ; a French force was near Saragossa; an other occupied Barcelona MuaAT's division was at or near Aladrid ; DUPONT was shut, up at Andujar ; and General MONCEY was in Valentia. These seve ral Corps, and the force with which JUNOT occupies Lisbon, composed the whole of the French army beyond the Pyrennees, at the commencement of this rilOrtibf _ \Ve understand a strong battalion is about to be formed from the different divisions of the Royal Mariiies, which is destined for Spain. Wherever this highly diqinguiphed Corps has been employed they have always borne a conspicuous part. At Belleisle, Bunker's Hill, Egypt, and Acre, they co vered themselveS with glory; and we consider them as a force peculiarly adapted for the present service in Spain, as, froul their being stationed at the can non on board ship, they could be occasionally em ployed as artillery, either to ad with the Patriotic Army, or to defend the passes. Tuesday evening the Duke of Nor,TIl UMBERLAN D arrived at Windsor to review the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), of which he is Colonel. A troop dismounted, attended his arrival at the Castle Inn, with their colours, saluted him as he got out of his !• carriage, and two centinels were immediately placed at the door of the Castle Inn. Yesterday morning, the Duchess, Earl PERCY, and the Ladies PERCY, with their suite, arrived at Windsor, and, after par taking of some refreshment, attended the Duke to Winkfield Plain, where his Grace reviewed the Re giment. His Grace, after the review, gave a sump. tuous dinner to the superior Officers at the Castle Inn, likewise a dinner to the interior Officers at the White 'Hart Inn, and the privates were regaled at the Riding-house with roast beef and strong beer. The bells rung the whole of the day, and the town's people saluted their Graces and Family wherever they passed through the town. The Dinner which the Merchants and Bankers of the City of London intend giving,.on Thursday next, to the Spanish Deputies, promises to be one of the most magnificent entertainments that has ever been displayed by the taste and liberality of the Metropo lis. The leading inett of all parties will be indiscri minately invited; tor, in this great cause of freedom, ;ustice, and humanity, th ere can b e no room f or the 'littleness of selfish or party views. The success of Spain, in the present glorious struggle, involves the security of Great Britain, and the independence, perhaps, of the cit ilised world. Such a triumph must be as uselnl to mankind as it will be glorious to the Spanish Patriots. We have seen a letter from Berlin, dated May 30, which contains the hollowing paragraph s : " Never was the table of the Wolf and the Lamb more strikingly verified, than by the conduct of France to the POPE, whom BooNAPARTE threatens to dethrone—under what pretext ? Because his Holiness refuses to declare war against the English ! " The pretext to which he has just had recourse, in order to evade the fulfilment of his engagement to evacuate Prussia with his troops, is, if possible still more curious. This pretext is the prolongation of the. Baron JACOBI'S stay in England beyond the term, agreed on. But, at the same time that this new griev ance was brought forward, the• London newspapers informed us that the Baron JACOBI, 'alter having, for a long time, waited the arrival of his passportslrom- Paris, had been driven from Calais with his flag of truce by the Governor o► the place, who declared to him that his Imperial Majesty had actually given or ders to permit him to land; but that these orders had been recalled. It is evident that the recall of the orders had no other object than to provide a tence to evade the fulfilment of - the engagement, so frequently renewed and always eluded, to withdraw from this Country that army which is now reducing its whole popula tion to misery and despair." It would certainly be difficult to find any thing in the annals of the most despicable awl to match this instance of miserable chicane. The Commissioners, with the Sriuish Patriots, are three in number, namely, Sir T. DYER, Captaitl PATRICA, and nijor Routs, NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTII, JULY 26.—Arrived the Brig Lrniog , ROBERTS; she was from Truro, bound to Liverpool, with innorstone, but was captured off Macntstr3y a French. Privateer on the u2d instant ; and the (131 following shq was re-captured by His Ma jest Brig Cheerly • Arrived the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEyr , soutt, from a cruize off , the Coast of Spain; also the Eclipse, FERRAMAN ; and dnderson, WILKINS, from Jamaica : 'sailed thence the ieth May, under convoy of the Sparrow and Avon - Stoops of War, in cool pany with 16 other Merchantmen; the above parted from the convoy in a violent gale of wind on the 11th inst. and have not since fallen in with any of the Fleet. Arrived the American Ship Osprey, CAtENA:.;S from Oporto, laden with wine, for orders; bring/ nothing new. The Portuguese were all under anal in order to expel the French, and it was expeeted JUNOT would shortly be attacked in Lisbon. PALmourtr, JULY 25.--Sailed his Majesty's Shirs Hindostan and Kangaroo, with the Iris, Regards Minerva, Urania, Linenhall, Aurora, and Content Transports, for Portugal and Spain ; also the ,81 1 $ 4 Joke Lugger, with dispatches for Cortinna. WEYNOUTIT, JUI f Y 27.—•. Put into Portland Road' yesterday evening, by contrary winds, his MajestP Ship St. illbans, with about 20 Sail of Transporto under convoy, and sailed this morning to Wes' ward, with a fair wind. .~..~.. l'onTsmotrn, ;PLY 7.—eArtived this day al . 44ttety, of 64 gus, from the-Downs. Sailed the Portmahon Brig, Capt. Cifitarisi and Prevoyante Store-ship, with a convoy of ab 30 sail of merchantmen for the Mediterranean. The remaining part of ;he AxpeclitiOn, thiil 4*l dropt down to St. Helens. The "digit are pe fg;' ;ea. DEAL, JULY 27.—Sailed thisl morning his gi i " jesty'a Ship Alert with a Fleet of Tranwis, ward-bound Vessels, Coasters 4 a'n4 colllers 4 uPAit convoy, to , the westward. Arrived His Majesty's Ship ft9n3 criat and remains in the Downs with the nett of Ships as Fei' last, SHEERNESS, JULY 26.--Came down from CIA ham, and anchored at the Great Noce, the fj of 20 guns { Captain Rookay. Ships remaining —Namur, 74, &mires, l‘r t thusa, 30, Yue6 o C, 3VI ikinchelSga i 3V. -PO" 3 _ .A . Vesuvius Bomb, C om b a t an t P raam, and *IOW Gun-brigs. Mr. and Mrs. CIIMILES KEIC3I.I are enggad t perform a few nights at B at h an d B r i sto l during wir, summer, where their merits, no doubt, will bePP 7 ' perly distinguished. EMERY has been more successful on his Norther trip than any of the London Performers, not 00 ,.. 11 on account of his m er it as an a ct or, b ut because be has shewn his good sense by appearing in those ell;: rafters upon which he founded his reputation in thy metropolis. This prudent conduct few of the Loy don Performers observe in their theatrical rambit which induces the wiser parts of the audience in country to wonder how they could become popttri and to pity the taste of the audience in town. Large as the terms are which have been given Mr. COLMAN for liis new Play of The Africa: and which amount t o th e unprece d ente d sum f eleven hundred pound, all reports o f t h e ['swift the Piece promise an ample compensation for ity adventurous liberality. OLD BLAND.—The person who has for very mao years been known to the theatrical world by this ale pellation died a few days ago at Edinburgh, in Of 87th year of his age. He was once a Proprietori and the Treasurer of th e Th eatre i n that City, offal' for some time, like Polonius; enußeti himself. P w .„ was of a good familyin Ireland, and seemed bore 7, better fortunes th an h e exper i enced. He was, " Cornet of Horse at the famous battle of Dettinger l l and if he had rem a i ne d i n t h e army, hi s talents 0 family conneftio ns m i g h t h ave ra i sed him io".„ '" , distinetion, particularly as he was a very worth? man, though somewhat peculiar and whimsical ° his character. His only support, for many yd r / ‘ had been a pension arising from the gdinUul g Theatre, and be was always transferred with tP li f property to every new possessor. He was full 47 4 anecdote, good-natured, communicative, and had an odd and diverting humour in his narrations 0 0 remarks. He was uncle to Mrs. JORDAN, the 1 0 ; tress. In all his conduct through lite he was t o man's enemy but his own, by a want of that pfr" dence which scqures'Tespeletawi.trazatprt for thlo- 4d dine of life: The gallant in a late aim. Con. cause, it see had announced his determination not to marry tl Lady, whatever might be the issue of the legal P r `' ceedings. The Lady, it i s sa id, t h oug h she resi"tai with him, is likely to deeply repent her sacrifice NV° reputation and alienation from her family. 11 1° wish this mel anc h o l y trut h m i ght operate as a warn ing upon the heedless females of the higher c irclef. who are to u apt to l ose a ll refiedlion in the vortes . ' dissipation. 11 ,4 JACKSON, the p ug ili st , as we ll a 3 Gfteaso , afforded the C onno i sseurs great pleasure in 3 CO parison betwe , .ll his musc u l a r p owers an d t h e V, remains of ancient sculp ture w hi c h Lord El.° I with so much patriotic zeal as well as' sound t 3 '; if brought t o thi s C ountry, an d which he so libel' subunits to the inspeEtion of the public. ,